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Evans & Doherty

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kevin Evans & Brian Doherty have been an integral part of the East Coast music scene for thirty years, twenty-six of those years as the popular duo Evans & Doherty. To capture the essence of an Evans & Doherty performance, take a lively blend of traditional, original & contemporary songs, add a liberal sprinkling of stories & humour, then sit back & enjoy these fine entertainers. As a songwriter and producer, Kevin has enjoyed many successes. His song “Christmas Memories” achieved...

Get Tickets $15.00

David Francey

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star). Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to parents who were factory workers, he moved to Canada when he was twelve. For decades, he worked across Canada in rail yards, construction sites, and in the Yukon bush, all the while writing poetry, setting it to melodies in his head and singing it to himself as he worked. A truly authentic folk singer...

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Mo Kenney

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mo Kenney never had that archetypal I-want-to-be-famous moment. But somehow she was always going to make albums, play live & get noticed in her native Canada & way beyond. Maybe the clues were there in the way she saved up her lunch money to buy records, begged her parents to book guitar lessons for her & made demos in the modest recording facility at a school she wasn't even attending. Now, Kenney's brilliantly accomplished ‘In My Dreams,' one of Canada's most acclaimed records of...

$20

Villages

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

"We didn't want anything to do with it," says Matt Ellis, who sings and plays guitar in Villages and grew up in Cape Breton. "Our siblings played the fiddle or the pipe—we wanted to play something loud. But it's in you, man. You can't escape it."
That's how Ellis ended up fronting his own traditional band, along with his brother Travis, Jon Pearo and Archie Rankin, a group of men you may also know as the excellent rock band Mardeen (or as Ellis puts it, "all the same crew"). That band, a longtime local favourite known for...

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Old Man Luedecke

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Old Man Luedecke, is one of Canada's best loved and most intriguing roots singer-songwriters. "An original, he is a musical singularity to be savoured and shared", says the Vancouver Folk Festival. His memorable melodies, poetic sense and easy charisma appeal to anyone searching for new growth from old roots.
Old Man Luedecke was born in Toronto but has made his home for years right here in the music rich maritime province of Nova Scotia. Here his music has been wholeheartedly adopted...

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Steve Poltz

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Among the music cognoscenti, Steve Poltz is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific songwriters of our time. His songs have been among the longest running ever on the Billboard Top 100 and they regularly appear in movie soundtracks, television shows, and even the odd commercial. His touring schedule is ferocious, ping ponging between continents with enough frequency to earn him manic followings in scores of different accents and languages. Any musician who has traveled as...

Get Tickets $20.00

J.P. Cormier

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

J.P. Cormier is a man with many musical talents. He is a skilled songwriter, a gifted singer, & an extraordinary musician. During his long career, he has won many competitions, including the Canadian Open Guitar Championship, the Southern U.S. Fiddle Championship, & the Southern U.S. Banjo Championship. He has also worked with a number of big-name artists and appeared on the ever-popular Grand Ol' Opry over 24 times. His debut album, Out of the Blue, was released when he was only 16 years old...

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Pretty Archie

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pretty Archie is a Country/Folk/Bluegrass band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Long time friends Brian Cathcart (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Matt McNeil (Lead Guitar, Mandolin), Colin Gillis (Harmonica, Bass, Vocals) and Redmond MacDougall (Banjo, Percussion, Vocals) make up this quartet. Always jamming together growing up, they guys decided in May 2012 to form a band. The band chose the name Pretty Archie after a local (Cape Breton) character known for playing with 2 strings outside shopping malls in any weather...

$15.00

An Evening with Oh Susanna & Ben Kunder

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Suzie Ungerleider began performing as Oh Susanna in the mid-1990s, crafting a persona that matched the timeless qualities of her music, sounds that drew from the deep well of early 20th Century folk, country and blues, yet rooted in her finely-honed storytelling skills. This Canadian songstress has a voice that can pierce a heart of stone. Her superbly crafted songs often tell stories of troubled souls who rebel against their circumstances to attain a quiet dignity...

Get Tickets $15.00

Petunia – The Minimalist Jugband

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Petunia is more than just an entertainer, he’s a modern musical enigma.  Imagine that David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly baby, that yodeled… or Tom Waits meets Elvis at […]

Get Tickets $10.00

Nudie

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

After soaking up musical experiences in Toronto, Montreal, Phoenix, Austin and New York, roaming troubadour Nudie now hangs his Gibson guitar in Charlottetown, PEI.  Why so much traveling?  “That’s what […]

$10.00

New Year’s Eve with Pretty Archie

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ring in the New Year, with champagne, midnight snacks, & Pretty Archie!
One of the very best bands to come out of Cape Breton Island. Doors open at 6PM with our full menu and fully stocked bar

$25.00

The Jordan Musycsyn Band

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jordan is a hard working singer/songwriter, is a masterful storyteller writing songs about life and love with pathos and humour in a Folk-Country style. He sustains a busy touring schedule thruout Canada in support of his sophomore album ‘Old State Of Mind’. Drawing on his own life experiences he writes relatable songs of love, loss and the human condition...

$15.00

Frolic’n Funny

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill brings you an evening of pro comedy, with some of Canada's best stand-ups.
Featuring: Nick Martinello (Vice, CBC Comedy, Halifax Comedy Festival); Jordan Foisy (This Hour has 22 Minutes. Just for Laughs); Dan Hendricken (Halifax Comedy Festival, Halifax Pop Explosion)...

A Gunning & Cormier Christmas Show

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Two of Canada’s greatest roots singer-songwriters have finally done what everybody’s wanted — heck, what they’ve wanted — for years. Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier are releasing...

$35.00

Villages

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Villages is an indie folk group heavily inspired by the spirit of the Maritimes. However, creating music inspired by their Cape Breton roots seemed like a long shot when the members first started performing together. Back in the late aughts, Matt Ellis, Travis Ellis, Jon Pearo and Archie Rankin formed the indie rock group Mardeen and fled Cape Breton Island...

$25.00

New Years Eve with Pretty Archie

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Come celebrate New Years Eve in Iona, with one of the greatest bands you'll ever hear - Pretty Archie. Doors open at 4PM. Assigned Seating. Admission ticket gets you entrance, party favours, champagne, midnight snacks, fireworks & a guaranteed good time!

$35.00

Joel Plaskett

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canada has produced some of the world's most enduring songwriters and Joel Plaskett is being hailed as one of the best.
Since spending his teenaged years recording and touring with Halifax indie upstarts Thrush Hermit, Plaskett has been writing his own story. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums – In Need of Medical Attention (1999)...

$40.00

Joel Plaskett 2

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canada has produced some of the world's most enduring songwriters and Joel Plaskett is being hailed as one of the best.
Since spending his teenaged years recording and touring with Halifax indie upstarts Thrush Hermit, Plaskett has been writing his own story. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums – In Need of Medical Attention (1999)...

$40.00

Tap Takeover Songwriters Circle

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Come sample some of Breton Brewing & Garrison Brewing's famous offerings, whilst being entertained by Cape Breton's own Jordan Musycysn,  Mike McKenna Jr, & Carmen Townsend, in an intimate setting where […]

$15.00

Steve Poltz Shine On… Canada!

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Throughout over three decades in music, Steve Poltz did it all and more—often shared by way of his rockin’ countrified folk slices of sardonic Americana (hatched in Halifax). Of course, he co-wrote Jewel’s multiplatinum Hot 100-topping megahit “You Were Meant For Me,”...

$35.00

Steve Poltz Shine On… Canada!

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Throughout over three decades in music, Steve Poltz did it all and more—often shared by way of his rockin’ countrified folk slices of sardonic Americana (hatched in Halifax). Of course, he co-wrote Jewel’s multiplatinum Hot 100-topping megahit “You Were Meant For Me,”...

$35.00

Christina Martin

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

“Impossible To Hold” won the 2018 Music Nova Scotia Award for Pop Recording of the Year, and is Martin’s sixth and strongest studio album, achieving a perfect balance between organic ambience and impeccable production...

$20.00

Ben Caplan

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

2019 ECMA Songwriter of the Year winner Ben Caplan leads off our Summer Series July 3rd. Ben Caplan is a songwriter, performer and entertainer in the most time-honoured sense of […]

$30.00

Matt Minglewood

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

Matt Minglewood – genre – Northern Rock with a Canadianna feel, a musical hybrid with one foot steeped in the musical roots of blues & country and the other knee-deep […]

$35.00

Adam Baldwin

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

There is a darkness in all of us, a force that tears us away from love and toward self-destruction, hell-bent on devouring the light we each hold precariously onto. And […]

$15.00

The Town Heroes

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

They've toured the world, released three critically acclaimed albums and won an array of industry awards. Anthemic choruses, 3-part harmonies, tender falsettos and big drums highlight their riff driven, dirty-yet-nuanced […]

$25.00

Port Cities 2nd Show

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

In the brief period of time since Port Cities unleashed their incendiary debut—a wildly self-assured collection of sparkling, rootsy pop that showcases the Nova Scotia trio’s devotion to songwriting—the band’s […]

$35.00

Port Cities

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

In the brief period of time since Port Cities unleashed their incendiary debut—a wildly self-assured collection of sparkling, rootsy pop that showcases the Nova Scotia trio’s devotion to songwriting—the band’s […]

$35.00

Tim Baker (of Hey Rosetta!) with The Weather Station

The Frolic'n Folk Pub & Grill 4115 HWY 223, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada

At the end of 2017, twelve years after their inception, the multi-award winning band, Hey Rosetta! went on hiatus, after selling 10,000 tickets to five farewell shows. For the band’s […]

$40.00

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